He served as associate editor of the Youth's Companion from 1888 to 1893 and from 1899 to 1913[1] He also served as assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly in 1893-1895, and as editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin until 1913. He was vice president of the Atlantic Monthly company from 1911 to 1929. As an author, he won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Barrett Wendell and His Letters. He was the editor of Harvard Volunteers in Europe in 1916. He received an honorary Litt. D. from Lehigh in 1916.[2]
In 1899, he married Fanny Huntington Quincy (1870–1933),[3] an essayist and author, who was a sister to Josiah Quincy (1859–1919) The couple had two sons and one daughter: journalist Quincy Howe (1900-1977), author Helen Huntington Howe (1905-1975), and Mark De Wolfe Howe (1906-1967), Harvard law professor and civil rights leader. He lived in Boston, and had a summer home in Cotuit, Massachusetts. He died at the home of his son Mark in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4]
Published worksedit
Besides editing The Memory of Lincoln (1889), Home Letters of General Sherman (1909), The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899–1910), and Lines of Battle and Other Poems by Henry Howard Brownell (1912), he published the following:
Shadows (1897)
American Bookmen (1898)
Phillips Brooks (1899)
Boston: The Place and People (1903)
Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908)
Harmonics: A Book of Verse (1909)
Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910)
Life and Labors of Bishop Hare, Apostle to the Sioux (1911)
Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (1813), with Sara Norton
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914)
The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916)
The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918)
The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919)
George von Lengerke Meyer, His Life and Public Services (1919)
Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War against Germany two volumes, (1920, 1921)
Works by Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
January 01, 1970
mark, antony, wolfe, howe, writer, mark, antony, wolfe, howe, august, 1864, december, 1960, american, editor, author, recipient, 1925, pulitzer, prize, biography, autobiography, mark, antony, dewolfe, howe, 1864, 1960, other, people, named, mark, howe, mark, h. Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe Jr August 23 1864 December 6 1960 was an American editor author and recipient of the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe 1864 1960 For other people named Mark Howe see Mark Howe disambiguation Contents 1 Biography 2 Published works 3 See also 4 Notes and references 5 External linksBiography editHowe was born in Bristol Rhode Island the son of Bishop Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe and Eliza Whitney In 1886 he graduated from Lehigh University and in 1887 from Harvard University Master of Arts 1888 He served as associate editor of the Youth s Companion from 1888 to 1893 and from 1899 to 1913 1 He also served as assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly in 1893 1895 and as editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin until 1913 He was vice president of the Atlantic Monthly company from 1911 to 1929 As an author he won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Barrett Wendell and His Letters He was the editor of Harvard Volunteers in Europe in 1916 He received an honorary Litt D from Lehigh in 1916 2 In 1899 he married Fanny Huntington Quincy 1870 1933 3 an essayist and author who was a sister to Josiah Quincy 1859 1919 The couple had two sons and one daughter journalist Quincy Howe 1900 1977 author Helen Huntington Howe 1905 1975 and Mark De Wolfe Howe 1906 1967 Harvard law professor and civil rights leader He lived in Boston and had a summer home in Cotuit Massachusetts He died at the home of his son Mark in Cambridge Massachusetts 4 Published works editBesides editing The Memory of Lincoln 1889 Home Letters of General Sherman 1909 The Beacon Biographies 31 volumes 1899 1910 and Lines of Battle and Other Poems by Henry Howard Brownell 1912 he published the following Shadows 1897 American Bookmen 1898 Phillips Brooks 1899 Boston The Place and People 1903 Life and Letters of George Bancroft 1908 Harmonics A Book of Verse 1909 Boston Common Scenes from Four Centuries 1910 Life and Labors of Bishop Hare Apostle to the Sioux 1911 Letters of Charles Eliot Norton 1813 with Sara Norton The Boston Symphony Orchestra 1914 The Harvard Volunteers in Europe 1916 The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1918 The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers 1919 George von Lengerke Meyer His Life and Public Services 1919 Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War against Germany two volumes 1920 1921 Classic Shades 1928 John Jay Chapman and His Letters 1937 Who Lived Here 1952 See also editDeWolf familyNotes and references edit Massachusetts Historical Society Quincy Wendell Holmes and Upham Family Papers 1633 1910 Chi Phi Centennial Memorial Volume full citation needed Helen Howe The Gentle Americans New York Harper amp Row 1965 71 C K S April 1961 Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe PDF Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 71 8 9 Encyclopedia Americana Volume 14 1969 page 457 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a Missing or empty title help External links edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe Works by or about Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe at Internet Archive Works by Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe writer amp oldid 1199370902, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
